Monetary Donations
We are a 501c3 tax exempt non-profit.
We accept monetary donations via check (Missouri Prison Books// 438 N. Skinker Blvd.// St. Louis MO 63130). You may also contribute via PayPal.
By far our greatest operating expense is postage–mailing out packages of books to our readers.
We spend over $600 per month on mailing costs. Any contribution you can make to offset this cost is greatly appreciated and helps us to respond to more requests. The cost to mail a single package of books averages $6.50.
Book Donations
We accept book donations at our office location on North Skinker, located a couple of blocks north of Forest Park Boulevard. Parking and book drop-off are at the rear of the building.
Please note that Book Donations are closed from July 1 thru September 15, 2026.
Kindly send us an email to bookdonations@missouriprisonbooks.org to make arrangements for dropping off books. Please pay careful attention to the book categories we cannot accept. They are listed at the bottom of this page. We may be able to pick up books in St. Louis City & County if you have more than 10 boxes.
Illinois Drop-off
Belleville Books, located on Main Street in Belleville IL, also accepts book donations on our behalf. Drop by during business hours with your book donations.
Please check below regarding books that we can not accept.
PLEASE NO
- Books that have water or other liquid damage
- Materials with warped pages, stains, discoloration, or mold
- Underlined or marked texts
- Books with their covers removed
- Looseleaf material
- Spiral-bound or stapled booklets
- Former library books
- Reader’s Digest Condensed Books/Book of the Month Club books
- Encyclopedias
- High School textbooks of any kind.
- College textbooks with publication dates earlier than 2022.
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